Dear TC-11 community,
from the ICPR'04 in Cambridge I write
you this newsletter over the excellent wifi
infrastructure which was set up here.
* TC-11 chairing
At the meeting of all the TC chairs, the current
TC-11 vice chair, Jianying Hu has been proposed as
the successor of the current chair, Lambert Schomaker.
Furthermore, a proposal has been made for the installation
of a new vice chair for TC-11, Apostolos Antonacopoulos.
Acceptance of these two proposals is ultimately in the
hands of the president of the IAPR. The decision will
become available in about two weeks. The two candidates
represent new streams of research within TC-11 and I
am very happy that we ultimately succeeded in identifying
these two very capable candidates who volunteered to take
up these positions. Furthermore, in the new setting, both
industry and academia are represented by the chairs, as
before.
* Note: a change in chairs also will have implications for
the ICDAR Steering Committee, which consists of the
TC-10 and TC-11 chairs and an experienced former ICDAR organizer.
The ICDAR Steering Committee monitors the ICDAR organization
process in order to guarantee continuity over this important
series of conferences. The current members of the ICDAR
Steering Committee are: Andreas Dengel, Josep Llados (TC-10)
and your TC-11 chair.
* At the meeting of TCs, it appeared that the list of TCs
is expanding. Potential overlap exists between TC-11 and
TC-19 (Computer Vision for Cultural Heritage Applications),
since several groups in TC-11 have identified the cultural
heritage as their application domain for the coming years.
The criterion for paper placement is simple: If it concerns
a reading system, the most appropriate place would be TC-11.
Other new developments concern Biometrics and Bioinformatics.
With Biometrics, there is a small overlap in the area of
signature verification and writer identification. These
overlaps also may be useful for the dissemination of ideas,
as long as all IAPR members are aware of the topical
centers of gravity.
* Conference hosting
7th ICDAR 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe
8th ICDAR 2005 Seoul, S. Korea, Asia
9th ICDAR 2007 Curitiba, Brazil, Americas
10th ICDAR 2009 ??[host required]?? ==> Europe
==> please prepare your proposal for election
at ICDAR 2005, Seoul
8th IWFHR 2002 Ontario, Americas
9th IWFHR 2004 Tokyo, Japan, Asia
10th IWFHR 2006 Le Croisic, France, Europe
11th IWFHR 2008 ??[host required]?? ==> Americas
==> please prepare your proposal for election
at IWFHR 2005, Tokyo
* Closing note
And now the end is near, I would like to thank all those
who supported me during the two terms in which I enjoyed
the honour of being your chairman. TC-11 is a strong and
big community within the IAPR. This means that the processes
involved are quite dynamic! I am confident that the two
candidates for succession will be able to implement a
flourishing continuation and innovation of the TC-11
research streams.
Best regards,
Lambert Schomaker